Door-weight.



E. WALBRIDGE.

DOOR WEIGHT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1912.

1,057,306, Patented Mar. 25, 1913. 2 sam'rs snnm l.

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B. WALBRIDGE.

DOOR WEIGHT.

' APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 4, 1912. 1,057,306. Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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ELIZABETH WALBBIDGE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

DOOR-WEIGHT.

Application filed June 4, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIZABETH IVALBniDsn,citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Washington, in theDistrict of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Door-VVeights; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to portable door holders and has for its objects,to provide a door weight of this class having a covering which willfrictionally engage the floor, to provide lifting means which will bindthe several parts together, and to provide a cover which will preventlateral movement of the lifting means.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will behereafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing oneuse to which my invention may be put. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view ofthe various parts of a weight before assembling. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view of the assembled weight.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

The weights of the character constituting the subject matter of thisinvention have heretofore been make-shifts and have as a rule not onlybeen unsightly but have been inconvenient to move without scraping thefinish of the floor. The construct-ion here shown provides a cover forthe weight which prevents the scraping of the floor and also of the doorwhich is designed to be held by the weight. It is apparent that insomuchas the cover conceals the entire weight, any suitable material may beused, such as bushings, nuts and other forms of scrap iron whichaccumulates in machine shops. For the sake of illustration the weight 1is here shown as having the weighted member 2 formed of a cylinder ofmetal having an opening 3 through its center.

By referring to Fig. 2 the general arrangement of the parts just beforeassembling will be seen. The fiat disk 4: of flexible material isdisposed beneath the weight 2 and is designed to be engaged by the metalSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1%13.

Serial No. 701,689.

disk 5 of lesser dimensions. Passing through the metal disk and flexibledisk 4:, which disk may be made of paste-board, is a wire 6 whichextends upwardly through the open ing 3 of the weight and passes throughanother fieXible disk 7. At 8 is shown a cloth. for covering the disk l,the said cloth being designed to bind the metal plate 5 between theflexible disk 4: and said cloth. A ring 9 of any material is designed toform a body about which the upper ends of wire 6 are wound.

In assembling the various parts the cloth 8 is brought adjacent thelower side of disk 4 and its edges turned over and gathered tightlyaround the plate 4, as shown at 7 in Fig. 3. The lower edge of therectangular strip of cloth 10 is next sewed, or otherwise secured to thebent over part 7 of the cover 8, the part 10 being just long enough toreach around the cylinder 2 and leave enough for a seam. The wire 6 isthen drawn upwardly until the disks 4 and 5 lie adjacent the bottom ofcylinder 2 whereupon the flexible disk 7 is pressed down until itengages the upper surface of disk 2. In order to keep the several diskstightly bound the free ends of wire 6 are next wound around part of thering 9, as shown at 11. In order to tightly bind the several disks tothe cylinder 2 the upper end 10 of the strip of cloth 10 is turned downover disk 7 and the ends gathered tightly together. From thisconstruction it will be seen that the cover 10 not only conceals all theseveral parts entering into the weight, but also prevents any lateralmovement of the disks and the ring 9. Evidently the ring 9 can be usedfor the purpose of lifting the weight and carrying it to any desiredplace.

In order to give a finished appearance to the whole an embroidered cover12 of any design may be slipped over the weight and secured to the ringin any desired manner. As shown the disk cover may be of comparativelyopen design so as to engage the carpet of the floor and frictionallyengage the same when the door is acted upon to move.

Although the weight has been shown as applied to a door, it will beunderstood that it may be used in any place where it is desired toprovide a static retaining means.

What I claim is:

1. In a portable door weight provided with an opening, a disk coveringthe lower end of said opening, a disk covering the upper end of saidopening, a wire passing through said disks and the opening, and a ringsecured to the wire.

2. In a portable door weight provided with an opening, a disk coveringthe upper end of said opening, a disk covering the lower end of saidopening, a third non-fleXible disk slightly larger than the opening, awire passing through the said disks, and a ring connected to the wire,said wire bind ing the several disks together.

3. In a portable door weight, provided with an opening, a disk coveringthe lower end of said weight, a cover for said weight and disk, a seconddisk slightly larger than the opening and contained between the firstdisk and said covering, a wire passing through said disks and cover,lifting means Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,by addressing the Commissioner of- Patents,

Washington, D. C.

secured to said wire, said cover holding the lifting means againstlateral movement.

I. In a portable door weight-having an opening therethrough, a diskcovering the lower end of said opening, a second disk covering the upperend of said opening, a wire passing through said disks, a lifting meanssecured to the wire and a cover surrounding the weight and disks, saidcover holding the lifting means against transverse movement.

Intestimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIZABETH WALBRIDGE.

